Need some help tackling S3 steering rack rebuild
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Hi all, I'm finally tackling my steering rack rebuild in my '84 S3. I have it all blown apart on the bench now and am having trouble locating a replacement seal in my kit for the following component/bore:
![](https://i.ibb.co/t4Fn1BX/PXL-20240818-134353710.jpg)
![](https://i.ibb.co/3yGpBNS/PXL-20240818-134416636-2.jpg)
Here is the seal that I removed:
![](https://i.ibb.co/Cn3W5wj/PXL-20240818-134629220.jpg)
Here's what came in the kit, which is FVP 9103 from Rockauto.
![](https://i.ibb.co/8zQ8w99/PXL-20240818-134529264.jpg)
I couldn't match up the offending deal with anything in the kit. Are these available separately?
![](https://i.ibb.co/t4Fn1BX/PXL-20240818-134353710.jpg)
![](https://i.ibb.co/3yGpBNS/PXL-20240818-134416636-2.jpg)
Here is the seal that I removed:
![](https://i.ibb.co/Cn3W5wj/PXL-20240818-134629220.jpg)
Here's what came in the kit, which is FVP 9103 from Rockauto.
![](https://i.ibb.co/8zQ8w99/PXL-20240818-134529264.jpg)
I couldn't match up the offending deal with anything in the kit. Are these available separately?
Last edited by nsogiba; 08-18-2024 at 01:25 PM.
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A swing and a miss on the pinion seals. I must have expanded the blue pinion seals too much with the plastic because I wasn't able to get them to contract enough to avoid being nicked.
![](https://i.ibb.co/9yrX5LC/PXL-20240823-193550448.jpg)
I have another seal kit on the way. Any tips to prevent the same issue?
Damaged noted on the tube/rack seal, probably during disassembly
![](https://i.ibb.co/DGjh3Px/PXL-20240823-185602434.jpg)
Last seal left in the kit...where does it go? Big fat o ring.
![](https://i.ibb.co/vQSxLFL/PXL-20240823-193603542.jpg)
![](https://i.ibb.co/9yrX5LC/PXL-20240823-193550448.jpg)
I have another seal kit on the way. Any tips to prevent the same issue?
Damaged noted on the tube/rack seal, probably during disassembly
![](https://i.ibb.co/DGjh3Px/PXL-20240823-185602434.jpg)
Last seal left in the kit...where does it go? Big fat o ring.
![](https://i.ibb.co/vQSxLFL/PXL-20240823-193603542.jpg)
#3
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Take a look at my thread, posts: 65 and 143. May help you out.
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...j6-lt1-211881/
Dave
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...j6-lt1-211881/
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